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Mortality in Portugal, by the numbers

Portugal sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 82.5 years of life, 28th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Portugal, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
82.5 yrs
28th of 212
Population aged 65+
24.5 %
5th highest of 212
Infant mortality
2.7 /1,000
21st lowest of 192

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Portugal ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 82.5 yrs 28 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.9 /1,000 162 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 11.1 /1,000 25 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.0 yrs 21 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 47.4 /1,000 138 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.5 yrs 81 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 74.8 men/100 women 70 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 2.7 /1,000 172 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 15.0 /100k 132 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 10.5 % 153 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 11.5 /100k 48 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 8.2 /100k 133 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 17.7 % 64 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 8.9 L 41 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 24.5 % 5 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $2,971 31 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $29,292 57 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Portugal's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 5th highest population aged 65+ in the world (24.5 %) and the 21st lowest infant mortality in the world (2.7 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Portugal; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.